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Aberdeen boss McInnes praises his side after courageous ten-man win over Motherwell

Derek McInnes pulled out the superlatives after his Aberdeen side managed to overcome Motherwell 2-0 in the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday night.

The Dons lost Joe Shaugnessy to an early red card for his challenge on Zaine Francis-Angol but were able to hold out the Well before scoring twice in the dying stages through Andrew Considine and Johnny Hayes, delighting the boss.

"They have really answered up when the odds were stacked against them. We said to the players at half-time that they needed organisation, guts, character, everything you need to win the game, but the biggest thing was having a belief," he said.

"To go so long with 10 men was always going to be a concern and with Clark (Robertson) going off (with an injury) as well, we only had one defender on the bench.

"It was gutsy, real guts and determination and a bunch of boys determined not to accept anything other than us getting into a semi-final."

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Andrew Slevison is an avid sports fan, particularly of the world game. The Melbourne, Australia native, who has spent time living in London and travelling South America, takes a keen interest in the English Premier League and Major League Soccer and rates his best live footballing moment as the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil.